Necktie holder



Sept. ll, 1923.

A. H. GEILFUSS NECKTIE HOLDER .Filed March 1923` Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

Unirse starts ALBERT H. GEILFUSS, OF PARKER-SBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

NECKTE HOLDER.

.Application filed 'March 2*?,` 1923. Serial No. 628,063.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. GEILFUSS, a citizen of the United `States of America, and resident of Parkersburg, in the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel, and particularly to neclrtie fasteners.

An object of this invention is to produce a necktie fastener having means by which the necktie can be frictionally held through engagement of certain parts of the device with the collar to which the necktie is applied; and the `inventor furthermore includes novel means whereby the necktie is more firmly anchored in place through the provision of novel -means engaging the front collar button to` which the collar is attached, lso that by the use of the invention a three bearing or three point engagement occurs which will serve to prevent dislodgment of the necktie, while at the same time it permits the neclctie to be secured in place or removed without undue effort. v

It is a further object of thisinvention to provide collar clamping elements and a button engaging element secured in superimposed relation, wherein' the e-nd'solf the device for engaging the collar button are protected between the collar' plates or engaging elements, the said elements being secured together by the process of spot welding whereby the device can be expeditiously manufactured in a manner toinsure such strength and durability at the joints, as will insure a successful operation of the device.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a necktie holder of the character indicated in which the ends of the collar button engaging device may be inserted in apertures of one or both of the clip members prior to the welding operation, to insure further strength and durability.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote correspond- Figure 4l illustrates a similar view em bodying a still further modification;

Figures 5, 6 and 7 are enlarged detail views partly in section, showing the joint between the clip members and the button engaging device; and

Figure 8 illustrates a horizontal sectional view of a fragment of the clip, showing further modified means for anchoring a collar button engaging element.

In these drawings, 10 denotes one of the clip elements and 11 the coacting element, which in operation `are to be attached to a collar on each side of the opening at the front, the said clip members embracing the collar and being of such rigidity as to effectually clamp the collar to aid in retain` ing the necktie in place. Of course these elements must be somewhat resilient, and they must yield sufficiently to permit the insertion of a collar between them. The necktie fabric may be formed after the manner of a bow tie or otherwise and secured to the outer clip element by appropriate fastening such as stitching or the like, inserted in the apertures 12. The apertures may be increased or diminished, according to the requirements, but usually two or three apertures in each end will suiiice, and under certain conditions, only one aperture may be formed at each end. The clip elements and their relation to each other are the same in the forms shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The button engaging device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is formed of wire with certain portions of its length and its ends 18 and 14 inserted between the clip elements and secured to the clip elements by the process of spot welding, the joints 15 and 16 of which are illustrated in Fig. 5. The button engaging element has a loop portion 17 eX- tending partially over the inner clip member 1l so that when the clip is applied to the collar, the button engaging loop may be inserted partially around the shank of the collar button and the button engaging element fabric being u iii" will assist in retaining the neclrtie in posh tion.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the button engaging element 18 has its ends' 19 and 20 inserted and seated in apertures such as 2l formed preferably in the inner leaf member, although, of course, they can be inserted in the outer leaf member, or onemay be inserted in one leaf member and the other in another leaf member. rhis latter construction aids in strengthening the device to some extent as .each end of the collar button engaging member would be more firmly anchored to a leaf member. This last mentioned embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 8.

Figure i shows a construction of the clip, and the means of anchoring the collar button engaging element 22 to it is the same as that heretofore described, except in this form 4the collar button engaging element has an inverted V-shaped bar 23, which under some conditions may be preferable, as it vto a greater or less extent embraces the shank of the collar button.

In Fig. 8 the clip members 2li and 25 have apertures 26 and 27 respectively, and an end 28 of the collar button engaging member is seated in the recess 26 Whereas the other end 29 of the collar button engaging member is seated in the aperture 27, and the members are secured together preferably by spot Welding, as heretofore explained.

The structure just described willprovesefn fective in preventing separation of the leaf members or their disengagement from the collar button engaging member.

I claim: l

l. In a necktie holder, clip members adapteee ed to embrace the edges of a collar at the front opening, a collar button engaging member having portions thereof and its ends inserted between the members and secured to said members by spot Welding.

2. l'n a neclrtie holder, clip members, one

of which has apertures, a collar button engaging member having portions inserted between the said 'elipmembers and having its ends seated in the said apertures, the said collar butt-on engaging member and the said clip `members being secured togetherby a binder. p 4

ln a neclrtie holder, clip ,member-s, one of which has aperturesa collar button engaging member having'portions inserted betiveen the saidclip members and having its ends seated in the said apertures, thesaid collar button engagin' member having a loop overlying onevof tne clip members, the loop portion thereof being the shape of an inverted V, the said collar button engaging member and the said clip members being secured together by4 a binder. y

4. In a necktie retainer, clip members, each of which has an aperture, a collar button engaging elementcomprising a Vmember having a loop portion adapted to partially embrace the shank of a button and having portions lying between the clips and terminating in angularly disposed` ends, one of which is inserted in an aperture of one of the clips and the other of which is inserted in the aperture of the other clip, the said clip members and button engaging member being secured together, as and Ifor the pur pose set forth.

ALBERT H. eEiLFUss. 

